Boro boss Brian Reid was reasonably happy with his Nuneaton Town side’s goalless draw with League One Notts County.

“I thought we worked hard and you are always happy with a clean sheet,” he said.

“The only down side with that, as ever, is that we didn’t create as many chances as I would like but you can’t be too disheartened against a decent team whose fitness levels are very good.

“It was a good workout, we had a couple of scrambled chances in the first half and they had a few as well but, overall it was a decent enough game for pre-season.

"It’s just a pity the supporters never saw any goals, but sometimes it goes like that. But overall I am pleased.”

Boro had their fair share of possession against the Magpies whose latest signing, recently released Coventry City full-back Blair Adams, was at the game but didn’t play due to him nursing a slight injury.

“I try to encourage the lads to be brave on the ball and enjoy possession,” said Reid, further assessing the performance.

“I think there’s still more to come because we have not had a great deal of chance to work on our shape and different things.

“But we’ve had a lot of triallists and as we get closer to a settled squad we’ll work more on that and hopefully we’ll improve in certain areas.

"But I can’t fault them in their effort and their fitness levels are superb for a part-time team and sometimes you can hardly tell the difference between them and full-time opposition, so that’s a credit to the boys.”